23.4% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arthurs Seat · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Arthurs Seat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time to others in Arthurs Seat than in most similar areas. This is especially true for unpaid care and volunteering, where the figures sit well above the national average. While 23.4% of the community volunteer, this is down from 30.7% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 23.4% of people helping out. This figure is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 18.1% of people providing care—a figure that has risen since 2011. This includes 34.4% who care for children and 31.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far above the national figures.
18.1% ▲ +64.6%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%. This is much lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Arthurs Seat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222002/arthurs-seat/topic/community